Table 8

Socioeconomic and sociodemographic differences in women's group attendance (ORs), per intervention year, trial in Malawi

 Malawi trial
Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4p Value SP×year*
OR95% CIOR95% CIOR95% CIOR95% CI
Maternal education, years schooling
 Never went to school1111
 1–41.22(0.96 to 1.55)1.07(0.85 to 1.35)0.93(0.74 to 1.17)0.93(0.71 to 1.21)
 5–101.12(0.89 to 1.42)0.98(0.78 to 1.22)0.76(0.61 to 0.94)0.80(0.62 to 1.03)
 11+0.59(0.33 to 1.08)0.89(0.54 to 1.47)0.53(0.31 to 0.91)0.68(0.39 to 1.18)
 p Value†0.0580.7460.0090.1830.386
Household economic status
 Poorest1111
 Next poor1.16(0.84 to 1.59)1.23(0.92 to 1.64)1.08(0.80 to 1.45)1.02(0.75 to 1.40)
 Middle1.27(0.99 to 1.63)1.23(0.97 to 1.55)1.05(0.83 to 1.32)1.14(0.89 to 1.47)
 Next rich1.17(0.94 to 1.46)1.24(1.01 to 1.51)0.96(0.79 to 1.18)1.09(0.88 to 1.36)
 Rich0.80(0.51 to 1.26)1.00(0.67 to 1.50)0.85(0.55 to 1.32)0.60(0.38 to 0.95)
 p Value†0.1670.2240.8150.0900.873
Maternal age, years
 <201111
 20–241.48(1.12 to 1.95)2.48(1.86 to 3.29)2.72(2.06 to 3.58)2.27(1.68 to 3.07)
 25–291.89(1.41 to 2.53)2.98(2.21 to 4.02)3.96(2.96 to 5.30)3.06(2.24 to 4.19)
 30–341.59(1.16 to 2.19)3.40(2.49 to 4.65)3.99(2.92 to 5.44)4.61(3.28 to 6.48)
 35+1.83(1.31 to 2.54)3.40(2.44 to 4.73)4.88(3.52 to 6.77)4.72(3.34 to 6.69)
 p Value†0.0000.0000.0000.0000.000
Gravidity
 First pregnancy1111
 Not first pregnancy1.61(1.28 to 2.02)3.07(1.68 to 3.07)3.87(3.10 to 4.84)4.96(3.83 to 6.41)
 p Value†0.0000.0000.0000.0000.000
  • *Combined Wald test, to test if the effect of social position on attendance had changed statistically significantly over the years.

  • †Combined Wald test for null hypothesis that overall effect of social position was equal to 1 (no effect).